Date:  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 19:08:07 -0700

From:  William King <WFKING[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: To drop a dime on someone



M. Lynne Murphy & Bethany K. Dumas both noted that the pay phone expression

with which they are familiar regarding taking responsibility for paying

for the call is (it's) "on my nickel" as opposed to "...dime." Two things

come to mind.

First, my friend is from Philadelphia, the same as Chomsky. That's all he

shares in terms of linguistic judgments, but...

Second, do we nickel and dime each other because the stakes are so low? :)



Bill King  Second Language Acquisition & Teaching Program

       University of Arizona